Stoke City needed a triple sub to force a replay at Shrewsbury Town. As Gary Rowett was left to field questions about his future,Peter Smith looks at other talking points from a 1-1 draw that means a replay later this month.

Tyrese Campbell’s welcome injection of pace

Gary Rowett has been crying out over the last couple of weeks for a forward to produce a little bit of magic or at least take a risk in the final third.

He has got that in two cameos from Tyrese Campbell, firstly at Bolton and then here, where his intervention set up Stoke’s best chance of the game – capitalised thanks to Mame Diouf and Peter Crouch.

The 19-year-old looked to be heading into a dead end when he took the ball away from goal towards the left wing, but with a drop of his shoulder and a burst of acceleration he was around and away to send in a cross from the by-line.

Tyrese Campbell beats his man to send in a cross for Peter Crouch to score for Stoke City at Shrewsbury.

Stoke haven’t been showing, or just haven’t had, that kind of pace to get behind a defence.

Campbell has been tasked with demonstrating energy and work rate whenever he gets a chance and we can expect to see a lot more of him soon if he keeps it up. The door is ajar and he has to smash it open.

Mame Diouf shows the value of attacking crosses

It had been nine games since Diouf had last been spotted in a Stoke shirt, on the flank in a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest. He has been linked with a move to Bursaspor in Turkey and no one would be too surprised if he moved on in January.

But while he has been missing, a debate has been ongoing about whether Stoke’s lone striker is starved of service or whether they should be doing better leading a team which is often dominating possession – or whether it’s a bit of both.

Well, 77 crosses flew through the box in Stoke’s three games from Boxing Day to New Year’s Day ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup tie – and 50 were not met by a Stoke player.

Peter Crouch scores for Stoke City at Shrewsbury Town in FA Cup.

It is fair to say that the crosses were of varying standard but often a defender has been allowed a free header while the striker he has been marking has stood and watched.

And Diouf showed what a difference it could make to be alert and aggressive when he moved forward to meet Campbell’s cross at the near post, flicking on for Crouch to tap in an equaliser – just three minutes after all three had come off the bench.

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He is in a back line alongside veterans from the Premier League and in front of an England goalkeeper. It is an ideal place to be given a chance to explore his potential. It might require a degree of patience – but it will also probably be exciting.

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